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COMPILED BY ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM
Beverly Hills Does Israel
hey're young; they're
beautiful; they're
hip, and now they've
been to Israel.
I— Three cast members of
"Beverly Hills 90210" and
0'. one from "Parker Lewis
0., Can't Lose" returned last
week from a
k- ‘.visit to Israel,
where they
saw the sights
and visited
children's hos-
pitals.
Jennie
■ .
Garth (pic-
tured), Gab-
rielle Carteris
► and Ian Zier-
o. ing of "90210,"
and
Corin
►*Nemec of "Parker Lewis,"
along with their families,
spent 12 days in Israel on
a trip sponsored by the
Israel Ministry of Tourism.
I.- It was coordinated by
hi Shalom Elcott and Ray.
r Errol Fox, who have ar-
ranged for a number of
American celebrities to
visit Israel.
Mr. Fox, a New York-
based journalist and film
OP maker, said the goodwill
trips began 10 years ago
'when the two asked Eliza-
beth Taylor to visit Israel
during the war in
Lebanon.
The "90210" cast was
invited after Mr. Fox was
in Los Angeles for the pre-
-
miere of his film Freedom
To Hate, which details ris-
ing anti-Semitism in the
former Soviet Union. He
was seated next to Ms.
Carteris during the pre-
miere. "She has a strong
Jewish identity and said
she very much
wanted to see
Israel," Mr.
Fox said.
Though he
had been fore-
warned, Mr.
Fox was am-
azed at the
attention the
actors re-
ceived in Is-
rael. "There
was a tremen-
dous security problem and
everything had to be stra-
tegically planned in ad-
vance," he said. "It was
like bringing the Beatles
to America in the 1960s:
screaming teen-agers with
their arms waving and
tears streaming down
their faces. Pure pandemo-
nium."
Mr. Fox was impressed
by Ms. Garth's fiance, rock
musician Dan Clarke, who
"was constantly asking
questions" and by Mr.
Nemec's interest in Yad
Vashem. Long after every-
one else had completed the
visit, Mr. Nemec lingered
at the Holocaust memori-
al.
Jewish Volunteers Needed
For Morocco And Bulgaria
R
achel Brodie of New
York spent last
Sukkot singing,
dancing and dining with
Bulgarian children.
Ms. Brodie was work-
ing in Bulgaria as a Jew-
ish Service Corps volun-
teer in a program run, by
the American Jewish
Joint Distribution Com-
mittee. As part of her
work, she taught Hebrew,
Sunday school and con-
versational English
classes.
The JDC is now recruit-
ing volunteers to work for
one year with Jewish
elderly and youth in 13111-
garia and Morocco. Re-
quirements include a
strong Jewish identity,
and experience living
abroad and in community
work.
The JDC will provide
travel, housing and living
expenses. For informa-
tion, contact Marcia
Mintz at the JDC, 711
Third Ave., New York,
N.Y. 10017, or call (212)
687-6200.
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F
irst came Congress
woman. Then it was
Congress person.
Can't somebody save the
English language (while
still being politically cor-
rect, of course) before it
gets out of control?
Your prayers are
answered! The Round Up
has the solution — and
best of all, it's a Jewish
solution!
Why not make use of
that good old friendly
mentsh? Think of the pos-
sibilities!
Cousin Barb the femi-
nist coming in for an after-
noon out on the lake?
Don't insult her by calling
her a fisherman! She's a
fishermentsh.
And what about the
woman selling you over-
priced, but necessary, cos-
metics? Of course! She's
the salesmentsh.
More ideas: repair-
mentsh, policementsh and
firementsh, chairmentsh —
and for Eliot Ness fans, G-
mentsh.
Museum Seeks
Jewish Soldiers
T
he National Museum
of American Jewish
Military History
needs you.
Leslie Freudenheim,
museum director and cura-
tor, is seeking reminis-
cences of American Jewish
soldiers who helped liber-
ate Nazi death camps.
For information, contact
the museum at 1811 R
Street NW, Washington
D.C. 20009.
ob Dylan, Carole
King, Bette Midler
and Barbra Strei-
sand are among the Jew-
ish and other performers
on "For Our Children," a
collection of lullabies and
traditional melodies, pro-
ceeds from which will
benefit the Pediatric
AIDS Foundation.
The foundation is a
nonprofit organization
dedica-ted to funding pedi-
atric AIDS research. Be-
cause children with the
HIV virus are affected
differently than adults,
separate research is
needed. Almost all infect-
ed children contract the
virus from their mother
during pregnancy. Re-
searchers hope that, if
they can determine how
to prevent transmission
from mother to child,
-
they can save thousands
of lives.
"For Our Children," on
the Disney label, features
Bob Dylan singing "This
Old Man" and Barbra
pup
for our
hildren
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Streisand performing
Alan and Marilyn Berg-
man's "A Child Is Born."
It may be ordered at local
record stores.
To make a contribu-
tion, write the Pediatric
AIDS Foundation at 2407
Wilshire Blvd., Suite 613,
Santa Monica, Calif.
90403. Credit card contri-
butions may be made by
calling (800) 488-5000.
California Mailman Wins Right
To Wear Yarmulke On Rounds
L
os Angeles (JTA) —
A Jewish mail carri-
er near San Diego
has won a two-year battle
to make his rounds while
wearing a yarmulke, with-
out covering it with a reg-
ulation postal service cap.
In a 12-page decision,
the federal Equal Employ-
ment Opportunity Corn-
mission ruled that forcing
Howard Singer to put a
cap over the
yarmulke violated
civil rights laws
prohibiting reli-
gious discrimina-
tion.
The U.S. Postal
Service had fought
Mr. Singer's re-
quest to wear the
yarmulke uncov-
ered because it
clashed with the
agency's uniform dress
code.
In its decision, which
was one year in the mak-
ing, the EEOC also ruled
that postal authorities
could not request outside
substantiation when em-
ployees make religious
requests. Mr. Singer's
supervisors had asked his
rabbi to write a letter
explaining why it was nec-
essary to wear a yarmulke
at work.
Mr. Singer, 51, who is
Reform, has worked for 12
years at the La Jolla post
office near San
Diego. He hailed
the federal ruling
as "striking a blow
for religious free-
dom."
The ruling also
will be binding in
future cases involv-
ing Jewish postal
*workers and will
affect other mail-
men wishing to
wear religious garments.
One year ago, a Sikh
postal employee won per-
mission to wear a turban
while delivering letters.